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Bebe Duncan

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Born

Walnut Creek, The United States

Website

https://www.bebeduncan.com

Genre

Young Adult, Contemporary, Gay and Lesbian

Influences

Laurie Halse Anderson, Sarah Dessen, Jennifer Echols, Elizabeth Scott

Member Since

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Bebe Duncan is the author of contemporary young adult novels in the Willamette High series, Alice in Black, Pet Shop Girl, and Everybody's Haven, set in Portland, Oregon.
Her realistic fiction focuses on social and family issues that teens face, from a first-person perspective, and on developing characters with challenges that resonate with readers.
Long a writer of narrative nonfiction, she was reintroduced to YA by her daughter, and the sense of immediacy, the emotions portrayed, and the action in that genre inspired her to start noveling stat.
She lives in Portland with her family and two humongous goldfish named Richard and Blanche.
When she’s not immersed in nouns and verbs or reading aloud as she edits, she revels in crime shows, YA f ...more

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Average rating: 4.6 · 53 ratings · 44 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Everybody's Haven (Willamette High Book 3) 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice in Black (Willamette High Book 1) 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pet Shop Girl (Willamette High Book 2) 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Girl. Next. Door.

If you've read Pet Shop Girl or Everybody's Haven, you've met Luce Romano. If you haven't, I hope you do, in my next book Girl. Next. Door. the fourth in the Willamette High series.

Which I am starting April 1st and pulling a nanowrimo (without AI) and spewing a first draft in a month and making it good after. It is the way I work best, taking the fear out of it (because yes, it is scary to write a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 30, 2026 10:57 • Tags: contemporary-young-adult-fiction, social-issues, trigger-warning-mature-subjects

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The God of the Woods

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Bebe Duncan liked Erin Clowes's review of Everybody's Haven (Willamette High Book 3): "I flew through “Everybody’s Haven” - it really captures the raw, complicated terrain of contemporary adolescence with rare honesty. I would recommend it to all high school students—but just as importantly, to their parents, aunts, counselors, and any" Read more of this review »
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Bebe Duncan liked Charity Riddle's review of Pet Shop Girl (Willamette High Book 2): "It was a good fast read for me. I would absolutely recommend it to middle school and high school kids."
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Bebe Duncan made a comment on Erin Clowes’s review of Alice in Black (Willamette High Book 1) " I wish she could, Erin. Thank you for your incredibly review and for following in Alice's footsteps through her adventures and misadventures. ...more "
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Bebe Duncan liked Erin Clowes's review of Alice in Black (Willamette High Book 1): "In Alice in Black, Bebe Duncan creates one of those rare novels that feels less like reading and more like quietly stepping into someone else’s inner world—and recognizing pieces of your own along the way. Duncan has an extraordinary gift for crafting" Read more of this review »
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